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United States Patent | 6,205,320 |
Coleman | March 20, 2001 |
A system is disclosed for transmitting data from satellites to unmanned or manned air vehicles (U/MAVs), and then from U/MAVs to Gateway/customer premise equipment (Gateway/CPE). Conversely, the system transmits data from the Gateway/CPEs to the U/MAVs, and then from the U/MAVs to satellites. The transmission between the satellites and U/MAVs involves optical or high frequency microwaves, and the transmission between the U/MAVs and the Gateway/CPEs occurs at lower microwave frequencies. A converting unit within the U/MAVs convert the data between the optical and higher microwave frequencies and the lower microwave frequencies. In another embodiment, data is crosslinked by transmitting it from a first U/MAV to other U/MAVs.
Inventors: | Coleman; Richard (529 - 14th St., NW., Suite 1055, Washington, DC 20045) |
Appl. No.: | 146776 |
Filed: | September 4, 1998 |
Current U.S. Class: | 455/13.1; 455/427 |
Intern'l Class: | H04B 007/185 |
Field of Search: | 455/427,428,430,431,9,10,12.1,13.1,20,22,504 342/352,353 |
5555444 | Sep., 1996 | Diekelman et al. | 455/12. |
5615407 | Mar., 1997 | Barkats | 455/20. |